Roughness integration across fingers within compared with across the hands by Roberta D. Roberts

“…The present experiments revisit the question of hand identity on multidigit roughness perception using two interval forced choice (2IFC) discrimination and single interval absolute magnitude estimation (AME). …”
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H∞ Loop Shaping Control of Input Saturated Systems with Norm-Bounded Parametric Uncertainty by Renan Lima Pereira, Karl Heinz Kienitz

“…Here, the design problem has been formulated in the four-block H∞ synthesis framework, in which it is possible to describe the parametric uncertainty and the input saturation nonlinearity as perturbations to normalized coprime factors of the shaped plant. …”
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Art and the ‘Second Darkness’ by Catherine Lanone

“…This paper examines E. M. Forster’s crucial yet peripheral relationship with the Bloomsbury Group. …”
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Establishment of Tissue Culture System of Actinidia deliciosa Cultivar “Guichang” by Weimin Zhong, Junliang Zhou, Dongmei Tang, Yaxin Huang, Futao Liu, Min Zhang, Guoli Wang, Sufang Wu, Yue He, Jingwen Tang

“…This study could lay a foundation for the production of “Guichang” kiwifruit tissue culture seedlings, and the medium formula provided in this study was useful for the industrial rapid propagation of “Guichang” plantlets.…”
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A probabilistic approach for multiaxial fatigue criteria by M. Muñiz Calvente, S. Blasón, A. Fernández Canteli, A. de Jesús, J. Correia

“…Models proposed to study the multiaxial fatigue damage phenomenon generally lack probabilistic interpretation due to their deterministic form. This implies failure compulsory happening at the plane exhibiting the maximum damage value, whereas the remaining planes are disregarded. …”
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Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability in a transient CGCM simulation of the past 2.6 Ma by Gagan Mandal, Soon-Il An, Jae-Heung Park, Kyung-Sook Yun, Chao Liu, Seungmok Paik

“…Additionally, we confirm that variability with longer periodicity (∼100 kyr) from GHG and ice-sheet forcings is most pronounced in NH sea ice during the MPT and post-MPT periods.…”
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Capital structure and practices of accrual-based earnings management among non-financial Vietnamese listed firms by Pham Duc Hieu, Hoang Ha Anh

“…However, other hypothesized variables that are management ownership, ownership concentration, foreign ownership, and leverage do not have a determinant sign as expected. …”
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Dorothy Wordsworth as Travel Writer: The 1798 Hamburgh Journal by Magdalena Ożarska

“…My interest is in the ways in which the feminine affects the writer's perception of a foreign com- munity and emotional expression of experiences related thereto, contributing to a feminine modification of 18th-century travel writing standards. …”
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Kurumsal Başarının Önündeki Engel: Zehirli ( Toksik) İletişim by Ayşen Eğinli, Selim Bitirim

“…Bilgi ve iletişim çağında varlığını sürdürme çabası veren kurumlar formal (resmi) ve informal (resmi olmayan) bilginin yönetimi konusunda önemli problemlerle karşı karşıya kalmaktadır. …”
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Lipedema: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Management by Hatan Hisham Mortada, Abdulmalek W. Alhithlool, Nouf Z. AlBattal, Rashika K. Shetty, Ghaleb A. AL-Mekhlafi, Joon Pio Hong, Feras Alshomer

“…In summary, despite frequent misdiagnosis, enhanced recognition, and research into customized therapeutic strategies for this poorly characterized but likely underdiagnosed disorder represent promising steps forward.…”
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Debate en torno al multiculturalismo. Ciudadanía y pluralidad cultural by Esteban Anchustegui Igartua

“…En efecto, el modelo clásico del estado liberal democrático se basa en un concepto de ciudadanía que abstrae, entre otros, las particularidades culturales y establece la identidad política sobre la condición formal del ciudadano como un ser sujeto a derechos y deberes iguales para todos, lo cual no se ajusta a la realidad de las sociedades plurales y heterogéneas (multinacionales y multiétnicas), donde grupos minoritarios realizan demandas para el reconocimiento de la especifi cidad cultural. …”
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Factors influencing health-related quality of life in children with asthma: insights from Addis Ababa public hospitals by Tsehaynew Kasse, Selemaye Zenebe, Yalemzer Agegnehu, Arega Abebe Lonsako

“…Factors such as caregivers’ lack of formal education, a family history of asthma, longer duration and increased severity of asthma, uncontrolled asthma, and comorbidities were significantly associated with poor quality of life. …”
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RIPK1 in necroptosis and recent progress in related pharmaceutics by Kunhou Yao, Zhihao Shi, Fengya Zhao, Cong Tan, Yixin Zhang, Hao Fan, Yingzhe Wang, Xingwang Li, Jun Kong, Qun Wang, Dingxi Li

“…Necroptosis is a programmed form of cell death. Receptor-interacting serine/threonine protein kinase l (RIPK1) is a crucial protein kinase that regulates the necroptosis pathway. …”
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and Preliminary Antimicrobial Studies of Mn(II) and Cu(II) Complexes of two Thiolates; S,S’-(2,6-Diaminopyridine-3,5-diyl) Dibenzenecarbot... by P. O. Ukoha, C.U. Alioke, N.L> Obasi, K.F. Chah

“…S,S’-(2,6-Diaminopyridine-3,5-diyl)dibenzenecarbothioate was formed by condensing 2,6-diamino-3,5-dithiopyridine and benzoyl chloride in the presence of pyridine. …”
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Quadratic Cost Minimax Optimal Control Problems for a Semilinear Viscoelastic Equation with Long Memory by Jin-soo Hwang

“…A global well-posedness theorem regarding the solutions to its Cauchy problem is given. We formulate the minimax control problem with bilinear control inputs and corresponding disturbances. …”
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Assessment of Ruthenium Dye N719 Adsorption Kinetics in Mesoporous TiO2 Films of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells via Nanoplasmonic Sensing by Fahd M. Rajab

“…A dye monolayer formation on a semiconductor surface is critical for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells. …”
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L’impact de l’input et du type de tâche sur la production de la morphologie nominale en polonais par des apprenants francophones débutants by Marzena Watorek, Marie Durand, Katarzyna Starosciak

“…Our study aims at analyzing the acquisition of case marking in Polish as a foreign language by beginning learners in the production of nominal forms in three different types of tasks. …”
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Anatomie d’une condamnation by Alessandro Gamberini

“…After describing the conditions of the sentence given to the three former militants of “Lotta continua” and laying stress on some contradictory aspects in the informants’ statements on which the accusation is based, the author analyzes an internal contradiction in the way justice operates: a contradiction that has opposed, on many occasions during the long judicial process (from 1988 to 2000), the giudici di merito, who pronounce on the guilt of the defendants, and the giudici di legittimità, the judges of the court of Cassation, whose role is to guarantee the legitimacy of the procedures. …”
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Vulnerable Narcissism and Internet Addiction: Exploring Mediating Pathway through Vengeance by Ozkan Cikrikci, Ragip Umit Yalcin

“…The sample completed Young's Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, The Vengeance Scale, and Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale. …”
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Implementação de Mudança Organizacional e o Papel das Práticas de Recursos Humanos: Um estudo de Caso Brasileiro by Renata Simoes Guimaraes e Borges

“…Esta firma vem executando um forte processo de desenvolvimento organizacional pelos últimos cinco anos. …”
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